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DREAMSEA Project No.:
DS 0062 00257
Institution:
HMML; DREAMSEA
Surrogate Format:
Digital
IIIF Manifest:
https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/627961
Country:
Laos
City (Province):
Luang Prabang
Name of collection:
Vat Manorom Sattharam
Right to Left?:
No
Current Status:
In situ
Sponsor:
Ai Khanan Thampanya (Dhammapañña)
Subject matter:
Astrology
Copyist:
Ai Khanan Thampanya (Dhammapañña)
Place of copying:
Luang Prabang
Script:
Tham Lü
Writing support:
Mulberry paper
Watermark?:
No
Countermark?:
No
Manuscript cover?:
Yes
Binding?:
Yes
Manuscript cover dimension:
33.4 x 29.0 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
33.4 x 25.0 cm
Text block dimension:
29.0 x 22.5 cm
Number of pages:
58 pages
Rubrication?:
Yes
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
Yes
Manuscript condition:
Poor
Description of manuscript content:
The content relates to divination and rituals. The multiple-text manuscript comprises a sut khwan nòi (chanting for a small spirit); a table of months and days used for the reckoning of the good and bad days for performing daily activities. For example, the day of kao kòng (nine piles) is considered good for tailoring clothes, sewing and for starting the work in the rice fields, but not appropriate for performing a cremation ceremony, a sut khwan nang dam (Chanting for the spirit of black lady) and several other ceremonies. The manuscript is used by a ceremonial master who is knowledgeable and respected by the villagers in order to perform a healing ritual for an ill person.
Colophon:
ໜ້າປົກ: ເຈົ້າຂະໜານທຸທໍາປັນຍາສ້າງ ຄັນວ່າ ໃຜຈັກເອົາຜົວເອົາເມ ຫື້ດູສາຍມຸນປ່ຽງນີ້ເທີ້. ອ້າຍ ຂະໜານທໍາປັນຍາສ້າງປາງເປນພິກຂຸແລ. Front cover: Chao Khanan Thu Thampanya made [this manuscript]. If somebody wants to get married, he or she needs to observe the line of love-match here. Ai Khanan Thampanya (Dhammapañña) made [the manuscript] when he was a monk.
Other notes:
The texts contained in this manuscript are mixed with horoscopes, stanzas, and suttas.

Item 1 - Title in Native script:
[ໂຫຣາສາດ]
Item 1 - Title in Roman script:
[Horoscope]
Item 1 - Title in English script:
[Horoscope]
Item 1 - Author:
Anonymous
Item 1 - Language:
Tai Lü; Lao; Pali
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